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Issue 7 2019 - Freight Business Journal


News Roundup Dachser’s


new northwest England terminal in Rochdale is fully operational, replacing an existing facility. The 3.7 hectare (9.2 acre) site


£14.4 million and offers 49 dock loading doors and an additional four level access doors. Managing


director, Dachser


UK, Mark Rollinson commented: “We have an optimistic view on the future of both import and export trade with the rest of Europe and beyond. Since the company’s initial expansion into the area in 2010, our business has grown fivefold, necessitating the


warehouse expansion to satisfy the demands of our customers’ global integrated supply chains. We have also experienced a sustained increase in UK exports delivered through Dachser’s extensive European distribution network.” Further


afield, Dachser


held a ceremony to mark the opening of its new logistics centre in Freiburg, Germany. It comprises a transit terminal with 82 docking and the company invested around €22 million in the location, creating 30 new jobs.


German firm offers


solution to piggyback rail conundrum


German rail operator TX Logistik (TXL) has demonstrated a new system that would allow normal road trailers to be liſted on and off piggyback rail wagons without additional strengthening. It demonstrated the NiKRASA transhipment system to customers at Oredea in Romania, saying that it was particularly


applicable to the east European market where there are few craneable trailers. TXL has operated a five days a week rail service between Cologne and Curtici in Romania since spring 2018, transporting mainly megatrailers. The NiKRASA system uses a positioning aid and a loading adapter.


Summary decs


needed for deepsea cargo aſter Brexit


Cargo loaded in UK ports or prior EU ports and remaining on board the vessel while calling at in the UK will require an Entry Summary Declaration (ENS) to be filed in advance of the vessel’s entry into the EU aſter Brexit,


reports container


operator Ocean Network Express (ONE). The Japanese- owned consortium says that the


European Commission (EC) has confirmed the UK will be treated like any other non-EU country for security filing purposes. ONE adds that this is not limited to cargo discharged in an EU port later in the rotation, but also includes foreign cargo remaining on board transiting the EU and destined for subsequent non-EU ports.


Jane Simpson has joined Dover Harbour Board. She has held senior positions at Network Rail, and was recently as head of capital delivery for Severn Trent Water. She will provide increased support to the board’s diversity agenda, the port being a signatory to the Maritime UK Women in Maritime pledge to drive gender diversity throughout the organisation and wider industry.


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Ernst Schulze has taken up the reigns as DP World’s UK chief executive officer from Chris Lewis, who is retiring aſter 36 years in the ports industry. Schulze will oversee the Southampton and London Gateway container terminals, the Logistics Park at London Gateway and customs clearance provider Community Network Services. He was previously in Ecuador where he has been heading up the development of DP World Posorja. Chris Lewis has meanwhile been appointed a non-executive director of container logistics company, Maritime Transport.


Hapag-Lloyd is to introduce a new South East India, Europe Express (IEX) service in October, alongside a Middle East-India-Africa Express (MIAX) in October. The weekly IEX will provide the only direct connection between South and East India and will be jointly operated with ONE, YML and COSCO, using nine 6,500teu vessels. The first departures are scheduled for 26 October. Calls include Visakhapatnam, Krishnapatnam, Chennai, Tuticorin, Colombo, Cochin and London Gateway.


Short sea operator Containerships is promising improved UK services as part of its new sailing schedule. There will be enhanced frequency and reduced transit time from the Baltic States to Great Britain and the continent; five weekly sailings from Poland to Great Britain; three weekly sailings to Teesport; and two weekly sailings to Tilbury with departures on Wednesday and Friday. The operator is also introducing a third LNG-powered 1,380teu vessel to its fleet.


Equipment leasing firm Union Tank Eckstein (UTA) has launched a ferry booking service, in partnership with UK-based specialist Freightlink. The new online platform offers 750 connections in more than 50 countries with over 40 ferry companies including Calais/ Dover and Hoek van Holland/Harwich.


HM Revenue and Customs


(HMRC) is to provide a further £10 million in grants for customs agents and intermediaries to build capacity in managing declarations. It follows the £5 million made


Trial trains to run from London Gateway to the City


Rail operator Orion is to run a trial freight service from London Gateway to London Liverpool Street station next year, according to a report in Rail magazine. The trains, which are expected to operate in April or May next year, will use Class 769 bi-mode


electric/diesel rolling


stock converted from former passenger carriages. There will be three departures


a day, which will use the normal passenger platforms at London Liverpool Street. The report did not confirm what traffic would use the


service, although the Class 769 trains are suitable only for relatively light freight and could not carry containers. London Gateway’s logistics park is home to a number of internet fulfilment operations and also a major UPS parcels hub.


available from December 2018 and £16 million in September 2019 to build capacity ahead of, or aſter, Brexit on 31 October, alongside the additional training and IT support already available. The further £10 million in


grants is open to businesses based in, or with a branch in, the UK, that currently complete customs declarations for importers and exporters.


It can be used to support costs


of hiring staff, including £3,000 for recruitment costs, and up to £10,000 for salary costs, to help build business capacity. Applications will close


once all the funding has been allocated, and by 31 January 2020 at the latest. Those that applied for the first and second wave may apply again as part of this new wave of grants. PwC is administering the


grants on behalf of HMRC as an accredited grant administrator. Businesses should not contact HMRC, but can apply online at:https://www.gov.uk/guidance/ grants-for-businesses-that- complete-customs-declarations


Maritime industry helps Merseyside to thrive


The maritime sector clustered around the Mersey boosts business turnover in the Liverpool City Region by £2.0 billion, according to a new report


commissioned by


Mersey Maritime. The report, The Economic Contribution of the Maritime Sector in the Liverpool City Region which was produced in conjunction with Maritime UK and the


Centre for Economics and Business Research, also found that output across the sector had brown by 118% since 2010. It also produced 7,899 jobs in the city region in 2017.


The government has designated four further ports for movement of protected animals and plants in the event of a ‘no deal’ EU exit: Belfast Seaport, Dover, Eurotunnel and Holyhead. In the event of a no-deal Brexit, anyone wishing to move such specimens between the UK and the EU will need CITES documentation. Customs offices at the four ports will be designated and special CITES arrangements have been put in place to help minimise any delays. Belfast Seaport will also be designated to allow CITES movements between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland over the land border and by sea.


Felixstowe-based compliance specialist VARTAN Consultancy says it has successfully worked with Peel Ports Group to secure Authorised Economic Operator (AEO) status across its five-strong UK port network.


European ferry booking service Freightlink Solutions says it has achieved its ambition to offer more than 1,000 different freight ferry routes, available online or via its multi-lingual reservations centre. The network connects more than 50 countries and includes ferry services both between countries or domestic island services. Freightlink concedes that some of the crossings on offer “are somewhat obscure” but are important in its bid to offer a one-stop shop. It now plans to increase the number of routes to between 1,500 and 1,750 by the end of the year.


DP World has expanded its container handling operation at the Port of Callao in Peru into a full maritime and logistics operation. Since building the greenfield Port of Callao, it has acquired maritime services company Cosmos Agencia Maritima, Neptunia and Triton Transport, which run logistics hubs, warehouses, bonded storage and trucking.


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